Improvement in combined seeder and cultivator



W. J. FREEMAN.

Corn-Planter.

No. 58,243. Patented Sept. 25, 11866.

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MFETERS, WOTQLHHOGRAVMEH, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. FREEMAN, OF SPRING FORK, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED SEEDER AND- CULTIVATOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,243, dated September25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. FREEMAN, of Spring Fork, in the county ofPettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new Oombined Seed-Planterand Cultivator and I do hereby declare that the following is afull andclear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, -.and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of theimproved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesection on a b.

The nature of this invention consists in combining and arranging aseed-planter and cultivator upon one frame, so that either may heremoved when the other implement is to be used, thereby affording greateconomy in the construction and maintenance of these necessary utensilsof the agriculturalist.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved machine,I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is a frame to which all other parts of the machine are attached, ashereinafterdescribed, the whole being mounted on the wheels B B, thefaces of which should be concave, as shown in Fig. 2, so as tofacilitate the covering of the seeds as they drop from the planterswhich immediately precede them.

There are two hoppers, O O, on the forward part of the frame A, intowhich the seed to be planted is placed. The plows D D are locatedimmediately in advance of the hoppers, and are intended to open furrowsfor the reception of the seed deposited therefrom. The plowposts D arefastened into the rockshafts D which have their bearings on the frame Aat a. A lever, D is framed into the upper side of each of therock-shafts D and a cross-bar, D, connects the upper ends of theselevers together, so that the driver seated upon the seat S (which willbe used when the machine is to be employed as a seed-planter) can, withhis hand, readily grasp the cross-bar and bringit toward him, therebyraising the plows D D out of the ground when it is necessary to turn themachine around. p

The hoppers O G are erected upon the outer ends of the transverse beam0, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The slide G is placed on top of the beam0, and is, given a reciprocating longitudinal motion, bymeaushereinafter described. There is a small mortise, 0, ma e throughthe beam 0, directly beneath the vertical axis of the hopper, and thereare two mortises, 0, made through each end of the slide 0 and soarranged in it that when the slide is as far to one side as theoperating machinery will allow it to go, two of the n1ortises,c, will befilled with seed, which will be moved along with the slide until it canfall out through the mortise 0. Thus at every revolution of the ma chinea certain and invariable quantity of seed will fall out into the furrow.The slide 0 re ceives its motion from the lever E, one end of which isattached to it, and the other end to the vibrating levers E, while it ispivoted near its center to the frame A at b. The vi= brating levers Eare pivoted to the frame A at b, and the back ends of them are connectedtogether by the links E so that their motions will be in harmony witheach other.

There are two lugs, n, fastened to the opposite sides of the wheel B,which at every-revolution of the wheels strikes the levers E, and givesto them a reciprocating motion, which is transmitted to the slide 0through the medium of the lever E.

The cultivator-plows F are attached to the frames A, which areconnectedwith the frame A by means of the links a in such a manner as tobe easily removed when not needed.

Although the invention hereinbefore described is. the special subject ofthis application, some of the parts-as, for instance, the frame A andthe wheels B B--are intended to be used in connection with a harvesterwhich will be substituted for the other machines, as follows: The seedhoppers and plows, with the frames A, will be removed from the machine,and the curved beam G will instead be bolted to the side of the frameAat h. The harvester-cutters G will be operated by means of theconnecting-rods G, which are actuated by means of the vibrating leversG, the levers being driven by striking alternately lugs n on theopposite sides of the wheel B the operat tion being similar to thatalready described for the levers E. The wheel B is driven by means of abelt, g, which is to be actuated from the wheel B attached to" the wheelB- When this machine is employed as a cultivator the driver will occupythe seat S, and

the planter portions of it will be removed. When it is to be used as aseed-planter the cultivator portions will be removed, so that by thesecombined arrangements this machine can be converted either into aseed-planter or I 3. The frame A, and the Wheels B B, com bined andarranged with the seed-planter hereinbefore described, substantially inthe manner set forth.

4. The posts D, and the rock-shaft D of the plmgs D, in combination withthe frame A, substantially as described.

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Witnesses S. M. RANDOLPH, GEO. BELLos.

